02-02-225:00 AM
What a phone-jamming cradle says about our privacy fears
Pozio stops devices from listening to your conversations until you say it’s okay. But it can’t block every gadget with a mic—and might stoke paranoia.
The Pozio Cradle is a phone-charging accessory with an unusual feature: It has the ability to defeat your smartphone’s microphone.
People don’t normally buy new gadgets to block functions in their old gadgets, but the capabilities of smartphones—including personal-assistant services that might be listening silently—don’t make them normal devices.
new definition of paranoia: anyone who rejects letting them watching you.